In October or as early as September
the
Sears catalog came in the mail. By Thanksgiving it was dog-eared and had
lost its front cover;) My Christmas list was created and the first draft
was sent to Mom and Dad. Perhaps returned for 'trimming down'...which was
expected...then back it went.

Today the items on my Christmas list
are known as 'Classics'...some are remembered but some are not...which
do you remember?

We all shared the aluminum kitchen
set...complete with play plastic food and a shopping cart.

My brother wanted a Marvel the Mustang
and a Talking Herman Munster.My sister got a Larry the Lion...My baby brother thought his 'Big
Bruiser' was the best.

Some of these 'classic toys' are
still available...I just ordered a Marvel the Mustang
for my grandson;)

Children of the eighties...MY children:)

They loved Rainbow Brite, Cabbage
Patch Kids, and Strawberry Shortcake. Barbie showed up on the list
starting in the late 1980's...the Holiday Barbie Edition...thank goodness
I have everyone of them;) Care Bears...who could forget those teddy
bears!!! I watched the cartoon every Saturday along with She-Ra...the smurfs...and
Voltron.

Toy shopping became a QUEST...something
that started early and was NEVER delayed 'til Christmas Eve. Waiting
too long to begin often meant Christmas morning without that particularly
wished for item.

I remember I once stood in line for
a glow worm only to be told that they were out. My dad showed up
with the prize a few days later...he had wrestled a frantic woman for one
and won the fight...*S*

See Mother. See Mother laugh.
Mother is happy.Mother is happy about Christmas.
Mother has many plans.Mother has many plans for Christmas. Mother is organized. Mother smiles
all the time.Funny, funny Mother.

See Mother. See Mother smile.
Mother is happy.The shopping is all done. See the
children watch TV.Watch, children watch.See the children change their minds.See them ask for different toys.Look, look, Mother is not smiling.Funny, funny Mother.

See Mother. See Mother sew.Mother will make dresses.Mother will make robes.Mother will make shirts.

See Mother put the zipper in wrong.See Mother sew the dress on the
wrong side.See Mother cut the skirt too short.See Mother put the material away
until January.Look. Look. See Mother take a tranquilizer.Funny, funny Mother.

See Mother.See Mother buy raisins and nuts.See Mother buy candied pineapple
and powdered sugar.See Mother buy flour, and dates,
and pecans, andbrown sugar, and bananas, and spices,
and vanilla.Look. Look. Mother is mixing everything
together.See the children press out cookies.See the flour on their elbows.See the cookies burn. See the cake
fall.See the children pull taffy. See
mother pull her hair.See mother clean the kitchen with
the garden hose.Funny, funny Mother.

See Mother.See Mother wrap presents.See Mother look for the end on the
scotch tape roll.See Mother bite her finger nails.
See Mother go.See Mother go to the store 12 times
in one hour.Go Mother go. See Mother go faster.Run Mother run.See Mother trim theSee Mother have a party.See Mother make popcorn.See Mother wash the walls.See Mother scrub the rug.See Mother tear up the organized
plan.See Mother forget gift for Uncle
Harold.See Mother get hives.Go Mother Go.See the far away look in Mother's
eyes.Mother has become disorganized.Mother has become disoriented.Funny, Funny Mother.

It is finally Christmas morning.See the happy family.See Father smile.Father is happy.Smile Father smile.Father loves fruit cake.Father loves Christmas pudding.Father loves all the new neckties.Look, look. See thehappy children.See the children's toys.Santa was very good to the children.The children will remember this
Christmas.

See Mother.Mother is slumped in a chair.Mother is crying uncontrollably.Mother does not look well.Mother has ugly dark circles under
her blood shot eyes.Everyone helps mother to her bed.See Mother sleep quietly under heavy
sedation.See Mother smile.Funny, funny Mother.